Suspicious person call leads to officer-involved shooting

By:
Tom Jones

Updated: Feb 15, 2018 - 9:55 PM

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Suspicious person call leads to officer-involved shooting

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - Randy Harris of Tattoos by Randy has tattooed big-time stars in music and sports in his shop on Southside Commercial Parkway. He says his customers are safe in the daytime but not at night.

"It's tough out here," Harris said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation investigated after a call about a suspicious person ended with police shooting a man Thursday morning.

Clayton County police say they got a call about a suspicious person from the manager at the nearby Motel 6 off Tara Boulevard and Southside Commercial Parkway around 5:45 a.m.

Police identified the man as 25-year-old Timothy Rutledge.

"There was another person with a gun. He also entered from this door and went from outside," the manager of the Motel 6 said.

An officer arrived and confronted a man who fit the description of Rutledge.